Chief Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Union government Tuesday for its proposed free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) and said it would destroy the countrys domestic dairy sector. The Central government plans to sign a free trade agreement with the EU which will force our country to import milk and milk products from them. That will destroy domestic the countrys dairy sector, Modi said,while addressing the Gujarat Co-operative Congress here.

This (UPA) government is bent upon destroying the agriculture-based animal husbandry and dairy culture of the country,as it has decided to go ahead with the free trade agreement by keeping the domestic co-operative dairy and animal husbandry sector in dark, he alleged.

Alleging that the Celtral Government had adopted a discriminatory policy against Gujarats co-operative sector,Modi said despite Gujarats capacity to provide milk to many other states,the Centre had refused to make railway milk tanker facilities available.